you saw in ohio the most important state, president obama, sherrod brown returns to office, speaking about fairness, the role of government, these are important issues. then on the other side, you had a republican party, a discredited brand with a shrinking base out of touch with values. >> so, when you talk about this coalition -- paul, was this a race that mitt romney could have won? >> of course, he could have won. he only lost by 100,000 votes in ohio. 70,000 in florida. lot closer than katrina suggest it was. $100 million unanswer ed ads ca do to an alternative candidate. the obama campaign did was systemically destroy that biography. he never recovered from the summer in the exit polls, romney still had a net unfavorable rating. in the exit polls, it was a net-unfavorable. this was more about a flawed messenger than a flawed message. mitt romney never made the sale. you looked at the economy and the exit polls, still blame george w. bush for the economic problems. 53%. romney never separateded himself from george bush. >> i wanted to get greta. you talked about that period from